Last week, Thomas Partey suffered an upper-leg muscular injury during training. As a result, he could not feature in Arsenal’s 3-1 victory over Manchester United. According to the Daily Mail, the Ghana international will be out for about six weeks.
The 30-year-old missing Arsenal games was concerning in the past, but that is no longer the case, with Declan Rice asserting his power in the Gunners’ engine room.
Even if Rice calls the shots in Arsenal’s midfield, Partey remains a crucial midfielder in Arteta’s project. As a result, not having him as an option, even from the bench, is a huge miss.
Notably, the ex-Atletico Madrid player will miss vital Premier League matchups against Everton, Tottenham, Bournemouth, and Manchester City while out for six weeks. He will also miss Arsenal’s opening two Champions League fixtures against PSV Eindhoven and Lens.
The club expects Partey to be fit and ready for the London derby against Chelsea after the international break in October.
In the three league games he was fit to play, he played as an inverted right back, with Rice taking over his midfield role, but following the 2-2 draw with Fulham, several Gooners believed he wasn’t efficient in that role. When he returns, he will likely play in the midfield alongside Declan Rice (with the ex-Hammer playing the No. 8 role) or as his backup.
Let’s hope he returns sooner, but with Arsenal injuries we know that is highly unlikely.
Darren N
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Won’t Partey apart of his missing 4 Epl and 2 Ucl matches for Arsenal due to his being injury sidelined, but won’t him also miss Arsenal 3rd League Cup match away to Bedford also? For, I think and believe that Arsenal will this season’s campaign seriously vied for the win of the quadrupled of titles.
But to think of it moving forward as it’s concerned Arsenal. Should they have signed Jude Belingham before Real Madrid stopped on him an and signed him this summer? Or instead at least sign James Maddison if signing Belingham wasn’t financially possible.
If Arsenal had signed Belingham or Maddison, wouldn’t their midfield be more potent than it’s presently looking to be so far this season? With Partey much in it in the team. Imagine the terror that the Arsenal trio midfielders consisting of Belingham or Maddison, Rice and Odegaard will inflict on the opponent teams in the Epl and Ucl this season which could be terrifying but which can’t happened. But with Havertz in it instead of Belingham or Maddison. But who aren’t in it. It may happen.
Partey will be missed particularly against Manchester City and Tottenham, clubs which have strong, inform midfields. That’s of course if Arteta was going to select Partey in midfield, in any case?
Arsenal were never in the running to sign Bellingham.
I am not sure that Maddison would fit into our current midfield!
Thomas Partey is apparently out on Bail at the moment, and i have no idea what conditions exist in the Bail notice.
For example, can he leave the country for UCL away matches, or for African cup of Nations matches.
This might be behind the “Injury”
Won’t Partey apart of his missing 4 Epl and 2 Ucl matches for Arsenal due to his being injury sidelined, but won’t him also miss Arsenal 3rd League Cup match away to Brentford? For, I think and believe that Arsenal will this season’s campaign seriously be vying for the win of the quadrupled of titles.
But to think of it moving forward as it’s concerned Arsenal. Should they have signed Jude Belingham before Real Madrid swoppped on him and signed him this summer? Or instead at least sign James Maddison if signing Belingham wasn’t financially possible.
If Arsenal had signed Belingham or Maddison, wouldn’t their midfield be more potent than it’s presently looking to be so far this season? With Partey much in it in the team. Imagine the terror that the Arsenal trio midfielders consisting of Belingham or Maddison, Rice and Odegaard will inflict on the opponent teams in the Epl and Ucl this season. Which could be terrifying but which can’t happened. But with Havertz in it instead of Belingham or Maddison. But who aren’t in it. It may happen.
OT:I recently read an article which mentioned that Joe Willock is now worth more TP according to the CIES (Football Observatory is a research group within the International Centre for Sports Studies.)